Selenium WebDriver Exception The HTTP request to the remote WebDriver server for URL xyz Timed out after x seconds

Question

So I am trying to set up a Selenium Testing Suite using C# and NUnit. Everything appeared to be working okay until my test durations started to be > 6 mins in length. Currently now any tests over 6 min end with the error as stated in the title. "OpenQA.Selenium.WebDriverException : The HTTP request to the remote WebDriver server for URL http://localhost:52821/session/f88e9cd6e93e8a3ef98796aaf87d14dd/url timed out after 90 seconds."

The pages being tested however are all live production websites, nothing being tested is on a localhost.

So far I have tried increasing the default command timeout to various intervals including 30, 60, 90, 120, and 180 seconds this only makes it take longer for the test to report the error. Some times the test runs for 6 mins and stops other times 13 mins or anywhere in between. often it will get to the last page of the test even and throw the error there. The weird thing is if i split the pages up it runs okay. However when the test fails in this way, the chromedriver does not exit and the page remains open with the refresh thinggy spinning like its waiting for a request.

I have looked at literally every other related question on here and reddit and they all either seem to resolve themselves (like it just went away) or have some work around that just kinda doesn't actually solve the issue but allows them to still test. I want to know wtf this is happening.

My chrome browser is up to date version: Version 100.0.4896.127 the chromedriver is the most updated version as well for the 100.*** versioning of chrome. I reinstalled both and same issue. All the Nuget packages I use are also up to date.

I tried geckodriver with firefox and the issue is also there.

I am unsure if this is a selenium issue, or an issue with the design of my testing suite, or even an issue with my pc cause it does freeze sometimes. so I will include everything i think is relevant.

I have been using the singleton approach (just fyi) Code

Setup

[SetUpFixture]
    [TestFixture]
    public class Setup
    {
        IWebDriver driver;        

        //Runs before ANY test is run
        //provies a place to set up configs for a testing env
        [OneTimeSetUp]
        public void RunBeforeAllTests()
        {
            driver = WebDriverSingleton.GetInstance();      
        }

        //Will run after every test has been completed
        //clean up
        [OneTimeTearDown]
        public void RunAfterAllTests()
        {                              
            WebDriverSingleton.Terminate();
        }
    }

Driver

public class Driver
    {
        public IWebDriver driver;

        public Driver()
        {
            this.driver = WebDriverSingleton.GetInstance();            
        }

        public void Start()
        {
            driver = WebDriverSingleton.GetInstance();
            driver.Manage().Window.Maximize();
        }
        public void End()
        {
            driver.Close();
            //WebDriverSingleton.Terminate();
        }
        public void GoTo(string url)
        {
            this.driver.Url = url;
        }

        public IWebElement GetElementBy(string method, string selector)
        {
            WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(20000));
            try
            {
                switch (method)
                {
                    case "tag":
                        return wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementIsVisible(By.TagName(selector)));
                    case "xpath":
                        return wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementIsVisible(By.XPath(selector)));
                    case "css":
                        return wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementIsVisible(By.CssSelector(selector)));
                    case "id":
                        return wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementIsVisible(By.Id(selector)));
                    default:
                        return null;
                }
            }catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Assert.Fail("FAILURE! last page: " + this.driver.Url + "\n" + ex.Message);
                return null;
            }
            
        }

        public string GetTextBy(string method, string selector)
        {
            WebDriverWait wait = new(driver, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(10000));
            //{
                // didnt seem to work :/
            //    PollingInterval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5),
            //};
        
            switch (method)
            {
                case "tag":
                    return wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementIsVisible(By.TagName(selector))).Text;
                case "xpath":
                    return wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementIsVisible(By.XPath(selector))).Text;
                case "css":
                    return wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementIsVisible(By.CssSelector(selector))).Text;
                case "id":
                    return wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementIsVisible(By.Id(selector))).Text;
                default:
                    return null;
            }
        }    
    }

singleton

public sealed class WebDriverSingleton
    {
        private static IWebDriver instance = null;
        private WebDriverSingleton() { }

        public static IWebDriver GetInstance()
        {
            if(instance == null)
            {
                ChromeOptions options = new();
                options.BrowserVersion = "100.0.4896.6000";
                options.AddArgument("no-sandbox");
                instance = new ChromeDriver(Environment.CurrentDirectory, options, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(90));
            }

            return instance;
        }
        
        public static void Terminate()
        {
            instance.Close();
            instance.Quit();
            instance.Dispose();
            instance = null;
        }

    }

test class where issue stems

[TestFixture]
    public class PowerSupplyTests
    {
        readonly Driver driver = new Driver();
        private readonly Common Common = new();        
        public List<ProductPage> ProductPages { get; set; }
        public string TestDomain { get; set; }
        public string CurrLang { get; set; }
        // for now only 1 language comparison can be run at a time
        public List<string> LanguagesToTest = new List<string>()
        {
            /*"DE","ES",  */ "FR"/*, "IT"*/
        };
        public List<string> ProductPageListOldTechSpecTable = new List<string>()
        {
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-1-phase-xt.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-3-phase.shtml",
            //"/products/industrial-power-supply/trio-3-phase.shtml"
        };
        public List<string> ProductPageListBasicDataTable = new List<string>() 
        {
            "/products/industrial-din-rail-power-supplies.shtml",            
        };
        public List<string> ProductPageListSingleProduct = new List<string>()
        {
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-high-input.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-12dc-12dc-8-29050078.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-12dc-24dc-5-23201318.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-1ac-12dc-15-29046088.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-1ac-12dc-20-28667218.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-1ac-24dc-1.3-pt-29095758.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-1ac-24dc-1.3-sc-29045978.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-1ac-24dc-10-29046018.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-1ac-24dc-2.5-29095768.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-1ac-24dc-2.5-sc-29045988.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-1ac-24dc-20-29046028.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-1ac-24dc-3.5-28667478.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-1ac-24dc-3.8-pt-29095778.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-1ac-24dc-3.8-sc-29045998.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-1ac-24dc-40-28667898.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-1ac-24dc-5-29046008.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-1ac-48dc-10-29046118.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-1ac-48dc-20-28666958.shtml",//here for IT
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-1ac-48dc-5-29046108.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-24dc-12dc-8-23201158.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-24dc-24dc-10-23200928.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-24dc-24dc-10-co-23205558.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-24dc-24dc-20-23201028.shtml",//
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-24dc-24dc-20-co-23205688.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-24dc-24dc-5-23200348.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-24dc-24dc-5-co-23205428.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-24dc-48dc-5-23201288.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-48dc-24dc-5-23201448.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-48dc-48dc-5-29050088.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-60-72dc-24dc-10-29050098.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-60-72dc-24dc-10-co-29050118.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-96-110dc-24dc-10-29050108.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/quint-ps-96-110dc-24dc-10-co-29050128.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/step-ps-1ac-12dc-1.5-28685678.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/step-ps-1ac-12dc-1.5-fl-28685548.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/step-ps-1ac-12dc-1-28685388.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/step-ps-1ac-12dc-3-28685708.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/step-ps-1ac-12dc-5-28685838.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/step-ps-1ac-15dc-4-28686198.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/step-ps-1ac-24dc-0.5-28685968.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/step-ps-1ac-24dc-0.75-28686358.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/step-ps-1ac-24dc-0.75-fl-28686228.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/step-ps-1ac-24dc-1.75-28686488.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/step-ps-1ac-24dc-2.5-28686518.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/step-ps-1ac-24dc-3.5-29049458.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/step-ps-1ac-24dc-3.8-c2lps-28686778.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/step-ps-1ac-24dc-4.2-28686648.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/step-ps-1ac-48dc-2-28686808.shtml",//
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/step-ps-1ac-5dc-16.5-28685418.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/step-ps-1ac-5dc-2-23205138.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/step-ps-48ac-24dc-0.5-28687168.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/trio-dc-dc-high-input.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/trio-ps-2g-1ac-12dc-10-29031588.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/trio-ps-2g-1ac-12dc-5-c2lps-29031578.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/trio-ps-2g-1ac-24dc-10-29031498.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/trio-ps-2g-1ac-24dc-10-b+d-29031458.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/trio-ps-2g-1ac-24dc-20-29031518.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/trio-ps-2g-1ac-24dc-3-c2lps-29031478.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/trio-ps-2g-1ac-24dc-5-29031488.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/trio-ps-2g-1ac-24dc-5-b+d-29031448.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/trio-ps-2g-1ac-48dc-10-29031608.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/trio-ps-2g-1ac-48dc-5-29031598.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/uno-2-phase.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/uno-dc-dc.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/uno-ps-1ac-12dc-100w-29029978.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/uno-ps-1ac-12dc-30w-29029988.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/uno-ps-1ac-15dc-100w-29030028.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/uno-ps-1ac-15dc-30w-29030008.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/uno-ps-1ac-15dc-55w-29030018.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/uno-ps-1ac-24dc-100w-29029938.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/uno-ps-1ac-24dc-150w-29043768.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/uno-ps-1ac-24dc-240w-29043728.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/uno-ps-1ac-24dc-30w-29029918.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/uno-ps-1ac-24dc-60w-29029928.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/uno-ps-1ac-24dc-90w-c2lps-29029948.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/uno-ps-1ac-48dc-100w-29029968.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/uno-ps-1ac-48dc-60w-29029958.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/uno-ps-1ac-5dc-25w-29043748.shtml",
            "/products/industrial-power-supply/uno-ps-1ac-5dc-40w-29043758.shtml"
        };

        [SetUp]
        public void Start()
        {
            driver.Start();
            ProductPages = new List<ProductPage>();
        }
        [Test]
        public void TestAllPages()
        {
            LanguagesToTest.ForEach((lang) =>
            {
                CurrLang = lang;
                switch (lang)
                {
                    case "DE":
                        TestDomain = Common.GermanDomain;
                        break;
                    case "ES":
                        TestDomain = Common.SpanishDomain;
                        break;
                    case "FR":
                        TestDomain = Common.FrenchDomain;
                        break;
                    case "IT":
                        TestDomain = Common.ItalianDomain;
                        break;
                }
                ProductPageListBasicDataTable.ForEach((p) =>
                {
                    ProductPage newPage = new ProductPage(driver, p);
                    TestDocumentationTab(newPage);
                    TestOrderDetailsTabBasicTable(newPage);
                });
                ProductPageListOldTechSpecTable.ForEach((p) =>
                {
                    ProductPage newPage = new ProductPage(driver, p);
                    TestDocumentationTab(newPage);
                    TestOrderDetailsTabOldSpecTable(newPage);
                });
                ProductPageListSingleProduct.ForEach((p) =>
                {
                    ProductPage newPage = new ProductPage(driver, p);
                    TestDocumentationTab(newPage);
                    TestOrderDetailTabSingleProduct(newPage);
                });
            });
        }    

        public void TestDocumentationTab(ProductPage productPage)
        {
            productPage.GoToProduct(Common.EnglishDomain);
            productPage.OpenDocumentationTab();
            string enSrc = productPage.CaptureIframeSrc("idoc");
            enSrc = enSrc.Substring(enSrc.IndexOf("products"));            
            productPage.GoToProduct(TestDomain);
            productPage.OpenDocumentationTab();            
            string comparisonSrc = productPage.CaptureIframeSrc("idoc");
            comparisonSrc = comparisonSrc.Substring(comparisonSrc.IndexOf("products"));
            if (!enSrc.Equals(comparisonSrc))
                Assert.Fail("Page " + productPage.PageUrl + " documentation sources do not match! \n "+ enSrc + "\n" + comparisonSrc + " failure found in lang: " + CurrLang);            
        }

        public void TestOrderDetailsTabBasicTable(ProductPage productPage)
        {
            List<Product> enProducts = new List<Product>();
            List<Product> comparisonProducts = new List<Product>();
            productPage.GoToProduct(Common.EnglishDomain);
            productPage.OpenOrderingDetailsTab();            
            enProducts = productPage.OrderDetailsTabModel.GetProductsFromBasicDataTable();            
            
            productPage.GoToProduct(TestDomain);
            productPage.OpenOrderingDetailsTab();
            comparisonProducts = productPage.OrderDetailsTabModel.GetProductsFromBasicDataTable();
            if (enProducts.Count != comparisonProducts.Count)
                Assert.Fail("Product Table Quantites do not match!");
            for (int i = 0; i < enProducts.Count; i++)
            {
                if (!enProducts[i].Equals(comparisonProducts[i]))
                    Assert.Fail("Product Tables do not match! \n" + "Failure occurred on page: " + productPage.PageUrl + "\nIn Lang: " + CurrLang);
            }            
        }
        public void TestOrderDetailsTabOldSpecTable(ProductPage productPage)
        {
            List<Product> enProducts = new List<Product>();
            List<Product> testProducts = new List<Product>();
            productPage.GoToProduct(Common.EnglishDomain);
            productPage.OpenOrderingDetailsTab();
            enProducts = productPage.OrderDetailsTabModel.GetProductsFromTechSpecDataTable();
            productPage.GoToProduct(TestDomain);
            productPage.OpenOrderingDetailsTab();
            testProducts = productPage.OrderDetailsTabModel.GetProductsFromTechSpecDataTable();
            if (enProducts.Count != testProducts.Count)
                Assert.Fail("Product Table Quantites do not match!");
            for (int i = 0; i < enProducts.Count; i++)
            {
                if (!enProducts[i].Equals(testProducts[i]))
                    Assert.Fail( CurrLang + " Product Tables do not match!");
            }
        }

        public void TestOrderDetailTabSingleProduct(ProductPage productPage)
        {
            Product enProduct = new Product();
            Product testProducts = new Product();
            productPage.GoToProduct(Common.EnglishDomain);
            productPage.OpenOrderingDetailsTab();
            enProduct = productPage.OrderDetailsTabModel.GetSingleProductFromTab();
            productPage.GoToProduct(TestDomain);
            productPage.OpenOrderingDetailsTab();
            testProducts = productPage.OrderDetailsTabModel.GetSingleProductFromTab();
            Assert.IsNotNull(enProduct.productId);
            Assert.IsNotNull(testProducts.productId);
            if (!enProduct.Equals(testProducts))
                Assert.Fail("Products Do Not Match!\nEN: " + enProduct.productId[0] + "\n" + CurrLang + ": " + testProducts.productId[0]);
        }

        [TearDown]
        public void End()
        {
            driver.End();
        }
    }

finally the error log

 TestAllPages
   Source: powerSupplyTests.cs line 125
   Duration: 11.1 min

  Message: 
OpenQA.Selenium.WebDriverException : The HTTP request to the remote WebDriver server for URL http://localhost:52821/session/f88e9cd6e93e8a3ef98796aaf87d14dd/url timed out after 90 seconds.
  ----> System.Threading.Tasks.TaskCanceledException : The request was canceled due to the configured HttpClient.Timeout of 90 seconds elapsing.
  ----> System.TimeoutException : The operation was canceled.
  ----> System.Threading.Tasks.TaskCanceledException : The operation was canceled.
  ----> System.IO.IOException : Unable to read data from the transport connection: The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request..
  ----> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException : The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request.
TearDown : OpenQA.Selenium.WebDriverException : The HTTP request to the remote WebDriver server for URL http://localhost:52821/session/f88e9cd6e93e8a3ef98796aaf87d14dd/window timed out after 90 seconds.
  ----> System.Threading.Tasks.TaskCanceledException : The request was canceled due to the configured HttpClient.Timeout of 90 seconds elapsing.
  ----> System.TimeoutException : The operation was canceled.
  ----> System.Threading.Tasks.TaskCanceledException : The operation was canceled.
  ----> System.IO.IOException : Unable to read data from the transport connection: The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request..
  ----> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException : The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request.

  Stack Trace: 
HttpCommandExecutor.Execute(Command commandToExecute)
DriverServiceCommandExecutor.Execute(Command commandToExecute)
WebDriver.Execute(String driverCommandToExecute, Dictionary`2 parameters)
WebDriver.set_Url(String value)
Driver.GoTo(String url) line 36
ProductPage.GoToProduct(String baseUrl) line 48
PowerSupplyTests.TestDocumentationTab(ProductPage productPage) line 172
PowerSupplyTests.<TestAllPages>b__19_3(String p) line 160
List`1.ForEach(Action`1 action)
PowerSupplyTests.<TestAllPages>b__19_0(String lang) line 157
List`1.ForEach(Action`1 action)
PowerSupplyTests.TestAllPages() line 127
--TaskCanceledException
HttpClient.SendAsyncCore(HttpRequestMessage request, HttpCompletionOption completionOption, Boolean async, Boolean emitTelemetryStartStop, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
HttpCommandExecutor.MakeHttpRequest(HttpRequestInfo requestInfo)
HttpCommandExecutor.Execute(Command commandToExecute)
--TimeoutException
--TaskCanceledException
HttpConnection.SendAsyncCore(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
HttpConnectionPool.SendWithRetryAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, Boolean doRequestAuth, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
RedirectHandler.SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
HttpClient.SendAsyncCore(HttpRequestMessage request, HttpCompletionOption completionOption, Boolean async, Boolean emitTelemetryStartStop, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
--IOException
AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.ThrowException(SocketError error, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.GetResult(Int16 token)
HttpConnection.SendAsyncCore(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
--SocketException
--TearDown
HttpCommandExecutor.Execute(Command commandToExecute)
DriverServiceCommandExecutor.Execute(Command commandToExecute)
WebDriver.Execute(String driverCommandToExecute, Dictionary`2 parameters)
WebDriver.Close()
Driver.End() line 31
PowerSupplyTests.End() line 237
--TaskCanceledException
HttpClient.SendAsyncCore(HttpRequestMessage request, HttpCompletionOption completionOption, Boolean async, Boolean emitTelemetryStartStop, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
HttpCommandExecutor.MakeHttpRequest(HttpRequestInfo requestInfo)
HttpCommandExecutor.Execute(Command commandToExecute)
--TimeoutException
--TaskCanceledException
HttpConnection.SendAsyncCore(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
HttpConnectionPool.SendWithRetryAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, Boolean doRequestAuth, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
RedirectHandler.SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
HttpClient.SendAsyncCore(HttpRequestMessage request, HttpCompletionOption completionOption, Boolean async, Boolean emitTelemetryStartStop, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
--IOException
AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.ThrowException(SocketError error, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.GetResult(Int16 token)
HttpConnection.FillAsync(Boolean async)
HttpConnection.ReadNextResponseHeaderLineAsync(Boolean async, Boolean foldedHeadersAllowed)
HttpConnection.SendAsyncCore(HttpRequestMessage request, Boolean async, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
--SocketException

Answer 1

I feel like I've found some solution that make work for somebody. So I've ran 100+ test cases with Selenium with usage of TeamCity Agent. Almost every time atleast one test failed with such an error:

09:30:12 OpenQA.Selenium.WebDriverException : An unknown exception was encountered sending an HTTP request to the remote WebDriver server for URL http://localhost:10458/session/e050c5112562c1539c7518353fa3cce2/element. The exception message was: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (localhost:10458) 09:30:12
----> System.Net.Http.HttpRequestException : No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (localhost:10458) 09:30:12 ----> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException : No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.

I've checked the proxy on server which run the tests, firewall, set config that most of the time, people described as a fix. For example:

   "--no-sandbox",
    "--proxy-server='direct://'",
    "--proxy-bypass-list=*", 

But it didn't solve any problem. So at the time I was using .NET 6.0 With up to date chromedriver ChromeDriver 113.0.5672.63.

What worked was the downgrade of .NET 6.0 to .NET 5.0

Answer 2

Probably this behaviour was introduced in the new (100th) version of Chrome. Try to use older version of Chrome and chromedriver.